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Word: Krai
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
from Russian kraĭ ‘edge, border’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
krʌɪ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an administrative territory of Russia. In pre-revolutionary times krais were each made up of a number of provinces, becoming in 1924 large administrative units in the Soviet territorial system.
Short Definition:administrative territory of Russia
Variant Forms:
- kray
